Quotes about Strive

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. Votes: 8

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. Votes: 6

My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best. Votes: 6

I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived. Votes: 6

I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can. Votes: 6

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges. Votes: 6

Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth. Votes: 6

Only the insecure strive for security. Votes: 4

Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection. Votes: 4

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Votes: 4

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. Votes: 4

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. Votes: 4

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better. Votes: 4

Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are. Votes: 4

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. Votes: 4

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. Votes: 4

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands. Votes: 4

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval. Votes: 4

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear. Votes: 4

I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit. Votes: 4

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. Votes: 4

I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use Votes: 4

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. Votes: 4

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve. Votes: 4

The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge. Votes: 4

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give. Votes: 4

Strive for excellence, not perfection. Votes: 3

Be cheerful . Strive to be happy. Votes: 3

Strive to be authentic, not perfect. Votes: 3

Strive always to improve the instrument. Votes: 3

All composite things decay. Strive diligently. Votes: 3

Don't Settle for Mediocrity. Strive for Excellence Votes: 3

All created things are impermanent. Strive diligently. Votes: 3

Strive for perfection in everything you do. Votes: 3

Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence. Votes: 3

Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence. Votes: 3

Strive always to excel in virtue and truth. Votes: 3

All compounded things are subject to decay. Strive with diligence! Votes: 3

Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory! Votes: 3

Strive to realize a state of inward happiness, independent of circumstances. Votes: 3

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. Votes: 3

Strive to be faithful to that which God has called you. Votes: 3

Strive not for perfection..but for lives and loves that matter. Votes: 3

Strive for simplicity. You never have to fix what you leave out. Votes: 3

Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many. Votes: 3

Strive to be the very best at whatever you undertake in life. Votes: 3

All composite things pass away. Strive for your own liberation with diligence. Votes: 3

Strive toward what you know you must achieve, in confident & courageous manner. Votes: 3

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world. Votes: 3

Strive to make something of yourself, then strive to make the most of yourself. Votes: 3

Strive to have sunshine in our hearts each day. It will greatly improve our outlook. Votes: 3

Strive for perfection. Nobody's going to be perfect on this earth. But strive for perfection. Votes: 3

Don't strive for perfection. It doesn't exist. Strive for a better you. That's always in reach. Votes: 3

Let's contend no more, Love, Strive nor weep: All be as before Love, - Only sleep. Votes: 3

Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty. Votes: 3

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities. Votes: 3

Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice. Votes: 3

Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting. Votes: 3

Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are! Votes: 3

Strive to find things to be thankful for and just look for the good in who you are! Votes: 3

Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself. Votes: 3

Strive with all your hearts, raise up your voices and shout, until this dark world be filled with light. Votes: 3

Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity. Votes: 3

Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart. Votes: 3

Strive for balance in your life. You are the heart and soul of your business so take care of yourself. Votes: 3

Strive to make every person feel special. After all, every person you meet is made in the image of God. Votes: 3

Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned. Votes: 3

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. Votes: 3

Don't be good, be great. Strive to be exceptional. Picture yourself making a great play. Don't let anyone stop you. Votes: 3

Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions. Votes: 3

Art was not created as a way to riches. Strive to become a true artist; all else will take care of itself. Votes: 3

Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense. Votes: 3

Strive each day to make your life purer, richer, and more luminous. You will subtly and imperceptibly lead all of creation heavenward. Votes: 3

Before comparing yourself with others, win the battle with yourself. Strive to be better today than yesterday, and better tomorrow than today. Votes: 3

Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it Votes: 3

Strive for the Hereafter according to how long you shall remain there, and strive for this world according to how long you shall remain here. Votes: 3

You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don't give up. Votes: 3

Men should strive to think much and know little. Votes: 2

The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day. Votes: 2

When someone fears losing your affection, he or she will strive to keep it. Perhaps you have strived to keep someone's affection, too. Fear of loss is not love. Votes: 2

When everything is moving and shifting, the only way to counteract chaos is stillness. When things feel extraordinary, strive for ordinary. When the surface is wavy, dive deeper for quieter waters. Votes: 2

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive. Votes: 2

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end. Votes: 2

You have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get, no matter how troubled you feel. No matter how tough things get, no matter how many times you lose, you keep trying to win. Votes: 2

In finding love, I think it's important to be patient. In being in a relationship, I think it's important to be honest, to communicate, to respect and trust, and to strive to give more than you take. Votes: 2

I am really drawn to damaged characters, and I have a lot of sympathy for them. Making those complicated characters empathetic is something to strive for. It's too easy to create a good guy or a good girl. Votes: 2

History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity. Votes: 2

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. Votes: 2

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. Votes: 2

I strive for perfection, but I'm not perfect. But what I can say is my morals are totally different than any other 24-year-old rapper my age now. I look at life totally different. A whole other aspect. I have different views and morals on life in general. And opinions. Votes: 2

Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority, but righteousness is required to act with power as we strive to lift souls, to teach and testify, to bless and counsel, and to advance the work of salvation. Votes: 2

Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals. Votes: 2

At my funeral, if one said, 'Nick was a generous person,' trust me I won't be doing cartwheels in my coffin. Recognition from people is never and never will be a goal. Some people strive for that respect or honor. Living a life to just reach for the position and status is vanity and sin. Votes: 2

Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him. Votes: 2

I strive on pressure. Votes: 0

You always have to strive Votes: 0

Man's restlessness makes him strive. Votes: 0

It is human nature to strive. Votes: 0

Don't strive for love, be it. Votes: 0

I continuously strive to touch lives. Votes: 0

Nobody's perfect but I definitely strive. Votes: 0

We must strive to become good ancestors. Votes: 0

Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection. Votes: 0

I strive for nothing if not consistency Votes: 0

As a memoirist, I strive for veracity. Votes: 0

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive. Votes: 0

God always strives together with those who strive. Votes: 0

If you strive for excellence, success will follow Votes: 0

Hungry Hatred, will not strive against intelligence self-interest. Votes: 0

May God .. let me strive for attainable things. Votes: 0

Always strive to excel, but only on weekends. Votes: 0

I strive to be brief, and become obscure. Votes: 0

We strive always to have a beginner's mind. Votes: 0

We must strive to be like the moon Votes: 0

Man must strive, and striving he must err. Votes: 0

I strive to make movies I would enjoy. Votes: 0

I can only strive for what is important Votes: 0

Man errs, till he has ceased to strive. Votes: 0

Don't be satisfied... always try to strive for more. Votes: 0

We must strive to do ordinary things extraordinarily well. Votes: 0

All leaders strive to turn their followers into children. Votes: 0

We should strive to understand the weakness of others. Votes: 0

I strive for honesty in playing what I feel. Votes: 0

Perfection's awesome... So I strive for it every day. Votes: 0

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. Votes: 0

Let us daily strive to copy our Saviour's humility. Votes: 0

We all strive to find moments of clarity, of order. Votes: 0

I strive to express the spiritual nature of the universe. Votes: 0

Grammar is like a strive for perfection. It's useless really. Votes: 0

You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way. Votes: 0

Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Votes: 0

Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout. Votes: 0

One has to strive for a very open liberal society. Votes: 0

Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible. Votes: 0

I always strive for freedom: freedom of thought and expression. Votes: 0

Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring. Votes: 0

I strive for individual pictures that will burn in people's memories. Votes: 0

Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring Votes: 0

We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness. Votes: 0

We strive for beauty and balance, the sensual over the sentimental. Votes: 0

Cultivate curiosity and strive to become a little wiser every day. Votes: 0

Man does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does that. Votes: 0

To be challenged means to strive. I'm almost certain that's true. Votes: 0

Let us strive on to finish the work we are in. Votes: 0

Yeah I want it all, that's why I strive for it Votes: 0

In whatever you do, strive to be the best at it. Votes: 0

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better. Votes: 0

Always strive to make the next hour better than this one. Votes: 0

To strive for something better - at least there's a chance. Votes: 0

We can not guarantee success, we can strive to deserve it. Votes: 0

Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone. Votes: 0

I care about the human race, and I strive to understand it. Votes: 0

Success comes from continuing to strive, fail and learn without losing enthusiasm. Votes: 0

I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection. Votes: 0

I love to strive to be good at stuff that's really hard. Votes: 0

Thou shalt not kill; but needst not strive officiously to keep alive. Votes: 0

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive. Votes: 0

Perfectionism is boring and doesn't exist-to strive for it makes you uninteresting. Votes: 0

I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away. Votes: 0

What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended. Votes: 0

If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence. Votes: 0

Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, the blessing lies. Votes: 0

The effort to strive for truth has to precede all other efforts. Votes: 0

The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people. Votes: 0

It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power. Votes: 0

Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing. Votes: 0

I will, from this day strive to forge togetherness out of our differences. Votes: 0

Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down? Votes: 0

Perfection is too high a goal to strive for. Sometimes working hard brings Votes: 0

The supreme art of living is to strive to live each day well. Votes: 0

We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us. Votes: 0

Set excellent performance as your standard and strive to achieve it each day Votes: 0

In handling resources, strive to avoid disaster rather than to attain an optimum. Votes: 0

It's amazing what you can accomplish when you really strive to be better. Votes: 0

The rich will strive to establish their dominion and enslave the rest. They Votes: 0

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better. Votes: 0

... many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Votes: 0

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity. Votes: 0

To me, no matter what we do, we all strive for that experience. Votes: 0

Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team. Votes: 0

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity Votes: 0

It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive. Votes: 0

Always strive to get better and stay in gratitude because that multiplies everything. Votes: 0

Whilst we strive To live most free, we're caught in our own toils. Votes: 0

If you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe. Votes: 0

The thing to strive for is to get paid to talk about yourself. Votes: 0

But with trust we can strive to accept even what we cannot understand. Votes: 0

I shall strive to inculculate in my men the spirit of the chase. Votes: 0

If thou be rich, strive to command thy money, lest it command thee. Votes: 0

Our religion doesn't demand perfection but instead a manageable strive to better ourselves. Votes: 0

They only fall, that strive to move, Or lose, that care to keep. Votes: 0

We need to continue to strive to tell these different stories.” Votes: 0

To be human : to strive in the face of the certainty of failure. Votes: 0

Yes, I do strive to be someone young women can look up to. Votes: 0

Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want Votes: 0

Never strive, O artist, to create what you are not irresistibly impelled to create! Votes: 0

The more for whom we strive to serve, the greater effectiveness we will have. Votes: 0

Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture. Votes: 0

We should strive to develop within ourselves the traits of character of the Savior. Votes: 0

Those who are nothing particular are noble people. Don't strive - just be ordinary. Votes: 0

I like to take things incrementally, and strive for something that feels more attainable. Votes: 0

To strive for perfection is to kill love because perfection does not recognize humanity. Votes: 0

In a place where there are no humans, one must strive to be human. Votes: 0

Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment. Votes: 0

Effective people do two things: they strive to do excellent work, and they prioritize. Votes: 0

We strive for error-free medicine in a world that is sometimes all too human. Votes: 0

The sage does not strive to be great. Thereby he can accomplish the great. Votes: 0

It is not enough to simply "do your best". You must strive for perfection. Votes: 0

Most women have low standards. All they strive for is a highly paid man. Votes: 0

Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it. Votes: 0

A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer. Votes: 0

Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds? Votes: 0

The artist should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. Votes: 0

We strive for error-free medicine in a world that is sometimes all too human. Votes: 0

In the midst of the adversity, we can still strive by the grace of God Votes: 0

What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes... Votes: 0

The only hope we have is the Internet. We must strive to keep it free. Votes: 0

You can criticize something you strive for, and you can avoid something you dream about. Votes: 0

To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading. Votes: 0

Man is a creative animal, doomed to strive toward a goal, engaged in full-time engineering. Votes: 0

We proclaim our commitment to continue to strive for the establishment of lasting world peace. Votes: 0

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive. Votes: 0

Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best. Votes: 0

I strive to be professional and to push myself always to do a better job. Votes: 0

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them. Votes: 0

When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness. Votes: 0

Actors strive to be part of something like 'Twilight' and what 'Twilight' is, is unbelievable. Votes: 0

I hold that a man should strive to the uttermost for his life's set prize. Votes: 0

And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Votes: 0

I would want to teach my children someday that they should strive to be successful. Votes: 0

To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for. Votes: 0

Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing. Votes: 0

My personal life is awesome, but there's always more to strive for in my career. Votes: 0

In order to grow, you must learn to let go and strive toward something greater. Votes: 0

We cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for. Votes: 0

Wherever you be, wherever you may, seek the truth, strive for the beautiful, achieve the good. Votes: 0

You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are. Votes: 0

When you are in love you strive to do the things that will please your lover. Votes: 0

Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting. Votes: 0

I kind of strive for being able to go home and having a totally separate life. Votes: 0

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. Votes: 0

The minds that rise and become really great are never self-satisfied, but still continue to strive. Votes: 0

Whatever you would have your children become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation. Votes: 0

That's the beauty of art--we strive for perfection but never achieve it. The journey is everything. Votes: 0

compete with yourself, strive to be better than yourself and you'll eventually be better than others. Votes: 0

For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man. Votes: 0

A society that refuses to strive for superfluities is likely to end up lacking in necessities. Votes: 0

If you want relief from pain just strive to touch more of every part of life. Votes: 0

It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation. Votes: 0

To go into a competition and not strive to win is to be a dishonest competitor. Votes: 0

To desire the common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice and charity. Votes: 0

Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades. Votes: 0

Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, 'tis being flayed alive. Votes: 0

We should strive to go on in fortune and misfortune like a clock during a thunderstorm. Votes: 0

I may be imperfect today, but every day I strive to become just a little better. Votes: 0

When you touch a life, strive to leave it the better for the change you make Votes: 0

I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government. Votes: 0

I'm inspired by the work of those (and sometimes even the people themselves) who strive to inspire. Votes: 0

I cannot imagine that I could strive for something if I did not carry hope in me. Votes: 0

When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it. Votes: 0

I'll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves. Votes: 0

Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating. Votes: 0

Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic. Votes: 0

Let us continue to strive together for a more inclusive, democratic, and peaceful future for us all. Votes: 0

There is no journalist without opinions, and there's no real objectivity, but we can strive toward it. Votes: 0

Perfection is too high a goal to strive for. Sometimes working hard bringsmore satisfaction in the end. Votes: 0

Too often we participate in the globalization of indifference. May we strive instead to live global solidarity. Votes: 0

I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence. Votes: 0

Do not strive to be a modern artist: it's the one thing, unfortunately, you can't help being. Votes: 0

Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough? Votes: 0

Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better. Votes: 0

Whenever we strive to make progress in our meditations, contemplations and so forth we are practicing effort. Votes: 0

As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection. Votes: 0

You should not strive for your own personal wealth but for the prosperity of the Kingdom ofGod. Votes: 0

In a battery, I strive to maximize electrical potential. When mentoring, I strive to maximize human potential. Votes: 0

There will always be something to strive for. My hope is for the heart to strive forever. Votes: 0

We will strive to make Taiwan a better place and enable our people to live better lives. Votes: 0

I think I always just want to get better at whatever Im doing... Always strive for excellence. Votes: 0

With stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right the music of my nature. Votes: 0

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others. Votes: 0

I always strive, when I can, to spread sweetness and light. There have been several complaints about it. Votes: 0

Some of the 'aha' insights that scientists strive for may have to await the emergence of post-human intellects. Votes: 0

Frederick Nietzsche was important to me, in teaching that it's okay to strive to improve the human being. Votes: 0

So little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to coexist than seek to disapprove . . . Votes: 0

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it. Votes: 0

Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold. Votes: 0

Don't limit your challenges; challenge your limits. Each day we must strive for constant and never ending improvement. Votes: 0

The goal isn't innovation. The goal is effectiveness. We strive for innovation because we want to be effective. Votes: 0

To strive tirelessly and at all times to reach one's goal - therein lies the secret of success. Votes: 0

Regret is the longing for life's squandered opportunities; take action each day and strive to live without regret. Votes: 0

The stages of human development are to strive for:(1) Besitz [Possession](2) Wissen [Knowledge](3) Können [Ability](4) Sein [Being Votes: 0

We strive to form a single national front against the Judeo-Masonic lodges, against Moscow and the Marxist societies. Votes: 0

If we strive for goals, relishing in the pleasure of circumstance, nothing is enjoyable, and life becomes purposeless. Votes: 0

Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well. Votes: 0

I never seemed to fit in. But it made me try to strive for things ten times harder. Votes: 0

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. Votes: 0

Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack. Votes: 0

The more you strive and search for happiness, the more you overlook the possibility that it is here already. Votes: 0

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known? Votes: 0

Develop into a lifelong self-learner through voracious reading; cultivate curiosity and strive to become a little wiser every day. Votes: 0

I will strive to make this not the highest-spending country in the world, but instead the lowest taxing o-ne. Votes: 0

All writers should strive to deliver something fresh-something editors or readers won't know they want until they see it. Votes: 0

Let us strive for personal, practical integrity in every endeavor, regardless of how mundane or inconsequential it may seem. Votes: 0

We strive toward knowledge, always more knowledge, but must understand that we are, and will remain, surrounded by mystery. Votes: 0

Don’t strive to be a well-rounded leader. Instead, discover your zone and stay there. Then delegate everything else. Votes: 0

We must diligently strive to make our young men decent, God-fearing, law-abiding, honor-loving, justice-doing and also fearless and strong. Votes: 0

War and it's tragic repercussions are inclusive of all; surely a model for peace should strive for such inclusiveness. Votes: 0

Always remember, actions speak louder than words. No one's perfect, but we can all strive to be better people. Votes: 0

Product diversification comes into the mix as customers continue to strive for new revenue streams and a better USP. Votes: 0

I insist you to strive. Work, Work and only work for satisfaction with patience, humbleness and serve thy nation. Votes: 0

Anything you strive to hold captive will hold you captive, and if you desire freedom you must give freedom. Votes: 0

Records are made to be broken. It is in man's nature to continue to strive to do just that. Votes: 0

I encourage our Saints all over the world, wherever possible, to strive to stand more often in holy places. Votes: 0

Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. Votes: 0

I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back. Votes: 0

The key to teamwork is to learn a role, accept a role, and strive to become excellent playing it. Votes: 0

My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and, through life and death, to force my way unto Thee. Votes: 0

When you strive to possess, there is always a reward waiting for you both in heaven and on earth. Votes: 0

It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you. Votes: 0

For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future. Votes: 0

AND IF WE ARE TO STRIVE FOR A BETTER FUTURE, MUSTN'T WE BE FAMILIAR AND RECONCILED WITH OUR PAST? Votes: 0

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You must fight for it, strive for it, and insist upon it. Votes: 0

If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it. Votes: 0

I just strive to do better. Every time I meet somebody, I ask myself, "How can I help this person?" Votes: 0

We should strive to be employed in such a way that we don't realize that what we're doing is work. Votes: 0

There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause. Votes: 0

Scripture speaks of a holiness which we have in Christ before God and a holiness which we must strive after. Votes: 0

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. Votes: 0

Our attitude will determine what we will strive for, whom we will be, and how our life will turn out. Votes: 0

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. Votes: 0

Our cast and crew strive for this show after show hard as they can. It shows in the finished product. Votes: 0

The absence of feeling bad isn't enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good Votes: 0

We all strive to find something unique and special that we are passionate about that separates us from the rest. Votes: 0

What is the worth of a happiness for which you must strive and work? Real happiness is spontaneous and effortless. Votes: 0

Those who doubt most, and yet strive to overcome their doubts, turn out to be some of Christ's strongest disciples. Votes: 0

Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us. Votes: 0

My life is unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life is unkind, but I can vote for kindness. Votes: 0

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. Votes: 0

I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me. Votes: 0

You should strive to find happiness every day and not believe that it comes at the end of the journey. Votes: 0

That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension. Votes: 0

I strive to seek new material that fit into the logic of construction, while performing services appropriate to real needs. Votes: 0

And that destination for which we should strive is one of a successful life not necessarily a life of success. Votes: 0

Performance is something we all strive to be better at. I'm no different than that. Who wants to look bad? Votes: 0

Above all, I strive to be the best I can - to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow. Votes: 0

Excellence doesn't mean we have to be 100% better in any one thing: it means we strive to be 1% better in 100 things. Votes: 0

In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf Votes: 0

It is the understanding of others and the awareness of their needs, that the ambassador of CHRIST should strive to cultivate Votes: 0

As the publisher of the 'Tory,' I strive to defend the pillars of Western civilization against the distractions of diversity. Votes: 0

In the spirit of commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, we will strive to achieve real progress in disarmament and arms control. Votes: 0

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country. Votes: 0

Artists strive for perfection. But what they often fail to see is that the beauty, the humanity, lies within the flaws. Votes: 0

Perhaps the most eloquent of the hard virtues is courage, the disposition to encounter adversity head-on and strive to overcome it. Votes: 0

You must constantly strive to enlarge your awareness. Naturally, if you do, you will have an uncommonly fine and happy life. Votes: 0

Nobody wants to be depressed - everybody's trying to feel better; when they strive and fail, it's all the more poignant. Votes: 0

The stories we can tell are those that happen to us; we meet, work, live, laugh, love, demonstrate, strive in community. Votes: 0

If you strive to be perfect in everything, whether it's possible or not, you will always live a more fulfilled life. Votes: 0

As we strive to teach others we must have the humility to acknowledge that we too still have much to learn. Votes: 0

From now on you must strive to cut out unnecessary movement. Waste in movement is wrong and will get you killed. Votes: 0

It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance. Votes: 0

God is without birth and death and is an eternal witness; you must strive hard to earn the love of God. Votes: 0

The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him. Votes: 0

We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records. Votes: 0

Training the will in trivial and grave matters increases its strength and flexibility, and enables man to constantly strive and persevere. Votes: 0

There's danger in this open world where men strive to be free, and to me the greatest danger was in society. Votes: 0

Teach your children not to strive for high self-esteem. This is nothing less than teaching them arrogance, conceit and superiority feelings. Votes: 0

Life is so much more rewarding if you strive for something, rather than take what's given to you on a plate. Votes: 0

Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all. Votes: 0

Objective is the wrong word. Rather, it's fairness. Objectivity is a false God. Instead we should strive for fairness and transparency. Votes: 0

I think you always strive to get better as an athlete. That's the difference between good and great, in my opinion. Votes: 0

Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in. Votes: 0

I testify that each one of us can feel the Lord's inspiration as we live worthily and strive to serve Him. Votes: 0

So far as we live and strive at all, our lives are various, are needed for the whole, and are unique. Votes: 0

You strive to have a good heart. But what is a heart? Just a chunk of flesh that a dog can eat. Votes: 0

We must strive for literacy and education that teach us to never quit questioning and probing at the assumptions of the day. Votes: 0

Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do. Votes: 0

If you do your job right, no one realizes you did your job, and that's a good thing. You strive for that. Votes: 0

All ethical people strive to choose "right" over "easy" when confronted by situations that force them to choose one or the other. Votes: 0

You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be. Votes: 0

I strive to do my best every single time and I think that's something the skate community knows about me and appreciates. Votes: 0

Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. Votes: 0

I think that ultimately over time we really should strive for a place where most information is available online and is searchable. Votes: 0

A satyagrahi must ceaselessly strive to realize and live truth. And he must never contemplate hurting anyone by thought, word or deed. Votes: 0

All that is best for us comes of itself into our hands-but if we strive to overtake it, it perpetually eludes us. Votes: 0

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better. Votes: 0

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress. Votes: 0

The ideal we serve and strive to attain could never be evolved from us were it not potentially involved in our nature. Votes: 0

We can't give our children the future, strive though we may to make it secure. But we can give them the present. Votes: 0

I think everyone is their harshest critic, but I strive for excellence as much as I can because I think it shows. Votes: 0

I think both nature and grace live within everyone, and I always strive to be in a world of grace and compassion. Votes: 0

Holy writing must strive (by all means) for perfection and true holiness, that a door may be opened to him in heaven. Votes: 0

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better. Votes: 0

One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the Path. Votes: 0

Ambition is your inner voice that tells you, you can, and should, strive to go beyond your circumstances or situation in life. Votes: 0

If you strive to make yourself in such a way that nobody can help loving you, life will blossom, everything will yield. Votes: 0

Man should strive to be a gentleman in a barbaric world, merciful in a merciless time and humane in an inhumane culture. Votes: 0

I strive to create drum samples that have a variety of engineering and capturing options in order to build a unique drum sound. Votes: 0

When we as a nation, strive in vain to preserve the beauty of our national life, forgetting our biblical roots, we are doomed. Votes: 0

Quality doesn't mean we have to be 100 percent better in any one thing; it means we strive to be 1 percent better in 100 things. Votes: 0

Always strive to give your spouse the very best of yourself; not what's leftover after you have given your best to everyone else. Votes: 0

One must strive to be as honest as you are humanly capable with yourself and others. It is impossible to move forward otherwise. Votes: 0

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it. Votes: 0

No matter how hard we strive for objectivity, writers are biased toward tension - those moments in which character is forged and revealed. Votes: 0

We should all strive to be extraordinary, and that starts with a focus on our own capabilities instead of those of our opponents. Votes: 0

A critic should always strive to recapture the sense of wonder and surprise with which he first beheld a now-familiar work of art. Votes: 0

Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy. Votes: 0

Every day, strive to refine your contagious shine, and shake the nonsense offered by those who lack the will to polish-up from within. Votes: 0

The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of slavery. Votes: 0

As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference. Votes: 0

Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain. Votes: 0

The nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be. Votes: 0

One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face. Votes: 0

What I've learned is you don't have to strive for perfection, but you do have to strive to be a very hard worker. Votes: 0

Men and women of every faith and good people with none at all sincerely strive to do right and lead a purpose-driven life. Votes: 0

My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things. Votes: 0

If might is right, then the world will tear itself apart. We must strive to create a world in which right is might. Votes: 0

Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it. Votes: 0

Call it the Absolute, the Ideal, Perfection, Sanctity, Decency, or what you will, but strive toward it or you will smother in the morass. Votes: 0

Although we may wish for more or strive to do better than we have, in these times it is enough to keep your soul. Votes: 0

In Zen we strive to bring both the mind and the body into perfect combination, so that there is no intrinsic difference between them. Votes: 0

Growth is what we all need and what we all strive for because we want to get better and better and better each day. Votes: 0

At Pixar, we do sequels only when we come up with a great idea, and we always strive to be different than the original. Votes: 0

There is nothing we value and hunt and cultivate and strive to draw to us, but in some hour we turn and rend it. Votes: 0

We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations. Votes: 0

In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice. Votes: 0

Every day, we have to strive to be better people. Some days we give in to weakness, and sometimes we give in to strength. Votes: 0

I want to be someone that kids in my community look up to and want to strive to give back when they grow up. Votes: 0

When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only for myself? Votes: 0

I strive to make the next painting better than the last one. That's why the most exciting thing to me is the next one. Votes: 0

You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. Votes: 0

Don't think about what you want, think about what the world needs, and strive to fill that gap. Success is a game of inches. Votes: 0

As children of the Lord we should strive every day to rise to a higher level of personal righteousness in all of our actions. Votes: 0

Even when we strive for perfection , life is nothing more than an attempt to achieve it through a series of greater or smaller imperfections. Votes: 0

Rather than strive to 'lose weight,' most people would be better off striving to lose only fat and to build or maintain muscle. Votes: 0

Do not strive for things occurring to occur as you wish, but wish the things occurring as they occur, and you will flow well. Votes: 0

Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend. Votes: 0

I think it's really cool how J. Lo's been able to balance an acting career and a music career. That's something I strive for. Votes: 0

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.' Votes: 0

A positive goal to strive for when disciplining would be to raise children we not only love, but in whose company we love being. Votes: 0

Most governments strive to keep the masses from thinking; if the masses began to think the government would not be in power - rjs Votes: 0

My pictures must first be beautiful, but that beauty is not enough. I strive to convey an underlying edge of anxiety, of isolation, of fear. Votes: 0

I'm not Michelangelo but I would like to be that. I'll never be him but I'm trying to strive to do that in my work. Votes: 0

I think that fortune watcheth o'er our lives, surer than we. But well said: he who strives will find his goals strive for him equally. Votes: 0

There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't Votes: 0

What do we lose by another's good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them. That should be our desire and determination. Votes: 0

It is great to love life. Accept life as a precious gift from the hand of God and strive to make the most of it. Votes: 0

'Tis solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers; vanity can give, No hollow aid; alone - man with God must strive. Votes: 0

I put God first, and strive to do my best by being a loving human being, recognizing that sometimes I make mistakes and bad choices. Votes: 0

Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden. Votes: 0

You should do whatever language you feel is the perfect language for you to sing in and then try to strive to do the best. Votes: 0

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new. Votes: 0

All converted people should labor to adorn the doctrine they profess by humility. If they can do nothing else, they can strive to be humble. Votes: 0

For me, language is something that I've always loved. When I read, that's what I look for. When I write, that's what I strive for. Votes: 0

We do not strive for spectacular actions. What counts is the gift of yourself, the degree of love you put into each of your deeds. Votes: 0

I emphasize listening. We strive to hear what other people want us to hear, even though they don't always come out and say it directly. Votes: 0

In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life unfold. Votes: 0

To strive endlessly to stir the venturesome spirit that moves you to follow a rainbow to its end... and thus make your travel dreams come true. Votes: 0

You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this? Votes: 0

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best. Votes: 0

The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world. Votes: 0

Talent may get someone off the starting blocks faster, but without a sense of direction or a goal to strive for, it won't count for much Votes: 0

Anyone can be a teacher or professor, but not everyone can influence you to strive for excellence and make a difference in the world around you. Votes: 0

I'd like to think that we strive in film and theatre to tell great stories, and I believe in the power of storytelling in our culture. Votes: 0

My plan growing up was to leave home and try not to panic. I always knew that to strive to be self-sufficient was an important ambition. Votes: 0

One by one the sands are flowing, One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going; Do not strive to grasp them all. Votes: 0

The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May. Votes: 0

I can't be one of those hipster guys with a beard when I have a hair campaign. I strive to look a little bit more... all-American. Votes: 0

I do strive to think well of my fellow man, but no amount of striving can give me confidence in the wisdom of a congressional vote. Votes: 0

If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does. Votes: 0

Money is power. Every good man and woman ought to strive for power, to do good with it when obtained. I say, get rich, get rich! Votes: 0

Everyday I strive to, at least, recognise my short-comings and the things I have to do to be the best person that I can possibly be. Votes: 0

My commitment is to strive to lean on the Lord with my whole heart, reading His word daily and earnestly seeking His will in my life. Votes: 0

...and knowledge is one of the finest attributes of man - though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive for it the least. Votes: 0

Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities. We strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We cry aloud Votes: 0

I had to work 10 times harder. People expect so much of you, because they want to see if you can strive and stand on your own. Votes: 0

Boys, you must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin the less likely you are to find it at all. Votes: 0

We should strive for steadiness, and for a commitment to God that does not ebb and flow with the years or the crises of our lives. Votes: 0

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse. Votes: 0

After 40 (old age for most of man's history), one should strive to be more or less packed and ready to go were the end call to come. Votes: 0

All you can do as an artist is just strive to make the best record you can and ride the rollercoaster as it goes up and down. Votes: 0

I will consistently strive to learn by what I hear, see, and feel. I will write down the important things I learn, and I will do them. Votes: 0

If you're going to do something, strive to do it better than anyone else. Do it all the way. If you're going to half-ass it, why bother? Votes: 0

You visualize yourself as the person you want to be. You strive to make the ideal in your mind become a reality on the canvas of Time. Votes: 0

The Book of Mormon is our handbook of instructions as we travel the pathway from bad to good to better and strive to have our hearts changed. Votes: 0

The important thing is to strive toward a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit. Votes: 0

We should let our godliness exhale like th odor of flowers. We should live for the good of our kind, and strive for the salvation of the world. Votes: 0

The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person. Votes: 0

What I strive to do through my work, is to teach compassion. You need to have a lot of it, in this day and time, and it's lacking. Votes: 0

A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name Votes: 0

There is no prize in sales for second place. It's win or nothing. The masters know this and strive for - they fight for - that winning edge. Votes: 0

There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune. Votes: 0

So it`s always helped me to have a foundation, an ideal to strive for and goals. It`s hard for me to be disciplined and plan things. Votes: 0

It is the very nature of grace to make a man strive to be most eminent in that particular grace which is most opposed to his bosom sin. Votes: 0

In films, the fact that you can always do a scene again takes a load off your mind, enabling you to strive for perfection, which I always wanted. Votes: 0

The simple fact that you care, that you want to do your best, that you strive to enjoy life and love, this makes you so much more than enough. Votes: 0

Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better. Votes: 0

To grant all a man's wishes is to take away his dreams and ambitions. Life is only worth living if you have something to strive for. To aim at. Votes: 0

The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty. Votes: 0

If you strive only to avoid the darkness or to cling to the light, you cannot live in balance. Try striving to be conscious of all that you are. Votes: 0

I make no complaint. I am a writer. I do not accept my condition; I will strive to change it; but I inhabit it, I am trying to learn from it. Votes: 0